Reliability was assessed using Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC), Cronbach's alpha and agreement was visualized using a Bland-Altman plot. The questionnaire was found to have a good content validity. The assessment of the test re-test reliability showed an ICC of 0.809 and a Cronbach's alpha of the test and re-test were 0.839 and 0.869, respectively. The Bland-Altman plot showed that 93.9% of the answers were within the 95% limits of agreement. The Danish version of P-ESES was found to be both reliable and valid. Thus, it can be used as a helpful tool to measure self-efficacy related to physical activity during pregnancy. The Danish version of P-ESES was found to be both reliable and valid. Thus, it can be used as a helpful tool to measure self-efficacy related to physical activity during pregnancy. Dietary advice remains the cornerstone of prevention and management of type 2 diabetes (T2D). However, understanding the efficacy of dietary interventions is confounded by the challenges inherent in assessing free living diet. Here we profiled dietary metabolites to investigate glycaemic deterioration and cardiometabolic risk in people at risk of or living with T2D. We analysed data from plasma collected at baseline and 18-month follow-up in individuals from the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) Diabetes Research on Patient Stratification (DIRECT) cohort 1 n = 403 individuals with normal or impaired glucose regulation (prediabetic) and cohort 2 n = 458 individuals with new onset of T2D. A dietary metabolite profile model (T ) was constructed using multivariable regression of 113 plasma metabolites obtained from targeted metabolomics assays. The continuous T score was used to explore the relationships between diet, glycaemic deterioration and cardio-metabolic risk via multiple linear regression modeup a higher T score was also associated lower total body adiposity in both cohorts and lower fasting glucose (β=-0.2 mmol/L, 95% CI -0.3, -0.01) and insulin (β=-9.2 pmol/mol, 95% CI -17.9, -0.4) concentrations in cohort 2. Plasma dietary metabolite profiling provides objective measures of diet intake, showing a relationship to glycaemic deterioration and cardiometabolic health. This work was supported by the Innovative Medicines Initiative Joint Undertaking under grant agreement no. https://www.selleckchem.com/products/atglistatin.html 115,317 (DIRECT), resources of which are composed of financial contribution from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) and EFPIA companies. This work was supported by the Innovative Medicines Initiative Joint Undertaking under grant agreement no. 115,317 (DIRECT), resources of which are composed of financial contribution from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) and EFPIA companies. Chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia (CMML) is a clinically heterogeneous stem cell malignancy with overlapping features of myelodysplasia and myeloproliferation. Over 90% of patients carry mutations in epigenetic and/or splicing genes, typically detectable in the Lin CD34 CD38 immunophenotypic stem cell compartment in which the leukaemia-initiating cells reside. Transcriptional dysregulation at the stem cell level is likely fundamental to disease onset and progression. We performed single-cell RNA sequencing on 6826 Lin CD34 CD38 stem cells from CMML patients and healthy controls using the droplet-based, ultra-high-throughput 10x platform. We found substantial inter- and intra-patient heterogeneity, with CMML stem cells displaying distinctive transcriptional programs. Compared with normal controls, CMML stem cells exhibited transcriptomes characterized by increased expression of myeloid-lineage and cell cycle genes, and lower expression of genes selectively expressed by normal haematopoietic stem cee morphology, and therefore outcome. Project funding was supported by Oglesby Charitable Trust, Cancer Research UK, Blood Cancer UK, and UK Medical Research Council. Project funding was supported by Oglesby Charitable Trust, Cancer Research UK, Blood Cancer UK, and UK Medical Research Council.DNA methylation at the 5-position of cytosine bases (5-methylcytosine, 5mC) in genomic DNA is representative epigenetic modification and is involved in many cellular processes, including gene expression and embryonic development. The hydroxylation of 5mC provide 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC), the so-called sixth base rediscovered recently in mammalian cells, is also considered to act as an epigenetic regulator. We report herein the immunochemical assessment of 5hmC achieved by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using our linker technology. The keys to this assay are 1) the immobilization of genomic DNA with the bifunctional linker molecule, and 2) quantitative analysis by using guaranteed standard samples containing defined amounts of 5hmC. We succeeded in the sensitive and quantitative detection of 5hmC as well as 5mC in HEK293T cells transfected with TET1, and also monitored the effect of ascorbate on the TET1 catalyzed conversion of 5mC to 5hmC. Our linker technology enables the rapid and stable immobilization of genomic samples and thus contributes to the realization of a reproducible 5hmC evaluation method.COVID-19 pandemic outbreak is the most astounding scene ever experienced in the 21st century. It has been determined to be caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). With the global pandemic, the lack of efficient rapid and accurate molecular diagnostic testing tools has hindered the public opportunely response to the emerging viral threat. Herein, a DNA nanoscaffold hybrid chain reaction (DNHCR)-based nucleic acid assay strategy is reported for rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA. In this method, the DNA nanoscaffolds have been first constructed by the self-assembly of long DNA strands and self-quenching probes (H1). Then, the SARS-CoV-2 RNA will initiate the hybridization of H1 and free H2 DNA probes along the nanoscaffold, and an illuminated DNA nanostring is instantly obtained. By taking advantages of the localization design of the H1 probes and the temperature tolerance of the isothermal amplification, the proposed DNHCR method can detect target at short responding time (within 10 min) and mild condition (15 °C-35 °C).